Cyrus Field, Projector of the Great Transatlantic Telegraph Cable,"The Apollo Moon Shot of the 19th Century." Field's cable changed the world in 1866 and made him more famous, more quickly than any person in history.
Route of Atlantic Cable, Newfoundland to Ireland
One disaster after another: James Adger towing Sarah L. Bryant in Cabot Strait gale, 40 m.p.h. gusts, 10-20 ft. waves.
HMS Agamemnon in the Great Storm of 1858
Great Eastern with Atlantic Cable Arriving in Newfoundland, 1866
Cyrus Field's Atlantic Cable was called the "Eighth Wonder of the World."